Introductions
Hi all! Just wanted to make a post to get any feedback you might have regarding how the comm is doing so far. Is there anything you'd change or any ideas you have to boost engagement? I was also thinking it might be good to put together some resources for new users here. Is there anything you think should be included in that? Please leave any ideas/feedback you have below. Also, since it's just me here at the moment, I'm gonna open up requests for mods. It would be pretty low maintenance I think, and I'd basically be looking for anyone who's been here a little while who is friendly and welcoming to newcomers. If you're interested, leave a comment or shoot me a DM. Thanks!
::: spoiler Warning: Yapping So basically, I'm 16. I never really said this before because I was worried about people disregarding my opinions, but after learning of a lemmygrad user who's about my age, I warmed up to sharing that fact. I guess I just forgot or something, but I'm not sure why I continued omitting that I'm a . Maybe I forgot. Anyway; the introduction! I'm a queer Marxist teen from the U.S. I was exposed to the internet when I just spawned, so by like 8 years old I was watching those stupid ass "feminist debunked!!!1!!!111" videos (alt-right pipeline), but as my prefrontal cortex formed I gained compassion as well as sentience. I evolved into an 'apolitical' 'person' (I was like 11 so idk if that counts) and lived my life not really giving a shit. An important thing to note going forward is that my parents are labor aristocrats, I won't be elaborating too much further for opsec reasons. We live in a town with a lot of wealth disparity, and many of my friends were not nearly as well off. This was always confusing as hell to me as a kid who was pretty sheltered from actual reality, and was always a point of contention with my (conservative) parents. It never made sense to me why some people had to struggle to get by and others lived lavishly, which led to me becoming really, really angry at everything. The cognitive dissonance had apparently not infected me yet, because I still considered myself in the 'apolitical center' between democrats and republicans (), until I came across that Second Thought video about how centrism favors the right wing. By some miracle my mind was still malleable enough at 14 to be swayed by it, and I actually changed my mind about life. An even bigger challenge to my world video was those "Why you should be a Socialist in 20XX" videos, which I at first laughed off. Eventually though, I actually watched them, and my mind actually changed! I was convinced socialism was right. So naturally, as any dumbass 14 year old socialist does, I downloaded a PDF of Capital and gave up immediately, eventually just reading wikipedia pages about different micro ideologies and watching Hasan Piker. Now, I was still an Amerikkkan, so my anti-AES and brainworms were still deeply rooted, and my 'one of the good ones,' Stalin was ebil, brainrot led me to be a Trotskyist. I read the permanent revolution, a bit of the manifesto (I wasn't much of a reader, if you couldn't tell by me being a trot), and got very zealous. Like, VERY zealous. I almost lost some friends over it. A year or so passed and I discovered Lemmy somehow, and ended up on .world after a while. Now, this is where the .world admins made me the most dedicated teenage marxist in bumfuck nowhere, USA. They preemptively defederated from this super extreme socialist instance, putting up such shocking takes as "NATO is bad actually" and "the USSR wasn't as bad as Nazi Germany." Even as a brainwormed usonian, I wasn't dumb enough to believe that gommulism killed 2139438905 marxillion innocent babies, and I quickly left .world to join Hexbear. And that's it, that's my leftist story. I was corrected in most of my shitty viewpoints by other marxists and anarchists here, I began reading and shit. Yeah. I don't really know what else to say or how to end this. lmao Thank you for making me a well read Marxist, if anyone has any questions I'll answer it, I like answering questions. Salutations!  ::: tldr I'm a child
You're big, beautiful geniuses with the best brains  and you're very smart, very good at the electoral  so I would like your help to get my friend into county government  I'm from [Athens County, Ohio.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_County,_Ohio) I was born and raised here, and I've lived here most of my adult life. Our famous exports include [Jackie O's beer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_O%27s_Pub_%26_Brewery), [Joe Burrow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Burrow) (who is very good at sports), and [Sarah Jessica Parker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Jessica_Parker) (who was born in Nelsonville, but wasn't lucky enough to grow up there 💅). We're also the home of [Ohio University.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_University) My friend [Jon Rose is running for Athens County Commissioner.](https://jonroseforchange.org/issues.html) He's a fashionable af devoted partner and dad in an 80s cover band  and a real "never met a stranger" kind of genuinely friendly person. He is biconic and vegan. Look at him!  I think you would really like him. I met Jon through a group organizing a caravan of Athens County residents to go to the National Equality March in 2009, when we were both members of a local LGBTQ org. Since we marched in DC, he has become a paramedic, [helped unionize his fellow workers](https://www.athensmessenger.com/comment/guest-commentary---jon-rose/article_dae72442-d77f-11ec-bd08-3b1cc4dce2c7.html) and developed a [safe, physically active recreational area](https://bigfoot-hollow-llc.square.site/) on his own property to help give the kids and adults in our area something inexpensive and fun to do in a sober environment. (Like many poor, rural areas, alcoholism and substance abuse disorder are rampant here.) Yes, yes, I know how we feel about federal electoralism  but local office is something that can actually have an impact on people's lives, and Jon is a popular, charming, well-spoken dude who is coming straight out of the ranks of our working class. Maybe this is worth a shot? [Athens County has always been a blue spot amongst the rural red in the southeastern part of Ohio,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_County,_Ohio#Politics) and it isn't uncommon for Democrats to run for local office unopposed in the primary, general, or both. My (extremely inexpert) analysis is that this is because the local business elite realized decades ago that it was easier to run Democrats in college towns, and it is difficult for anyone outside this entrenched group of favor-traders to run for office. The number of landlords in local government is too damn high. The poverty and shitty internet availability makes it hard for anyone without means to even know where to start. How do you do any research on this when you know absolutely nothing, barely have time to think or enough to eat, and you have to walk up the ridge a little bit to get enough cell signal to use the internet? In February, [a clerical error kept Chauncey Mayor Andrea Renner off the primary ballot.](https://athensindependent.com/renner-supreme-court-commissioners-race/) She had _one_ minor inaccuracy on her paperwork – the start date of the office she was hoping to win was off by _one day_ – and tried to withdraw and resubmit, but the courts say there's not a process in our election law to correct your paperwork or withdraw and resubmit candidacy for a primary, so she's SOL. My friend [Jon Rose entered the race as an Independent in May.](https://athensindependent.com/board-of-elections-certifies-independent-candidate-for-commissioners-race/) His opponent lived up to his asshole reputation by immediately filling Jon's neighborhood with his campaign yard signs; meanwhile, Jon is still struggling to come up with the money to buy any signs at all. [Donate here](https://jonroseforchange.org/donate.html) after you're done blessing everyone at /c/mutual_aid. I'm not officially associated with the campaign at all, I just really like Jon and have been dying for someone to bring this kind of energy to public office here. I'll post more about Jon's campaign and the history of Athens County (Mound Builders! The Underground Railroad! Labor Battles!) in relevant comms. Meanwhile, I'm here to say hello, do my best to answer your questions about Athens County, Ohio, and Jon, and thank you in advance for your encouragement, advice, and assistance. Thank You. 
The allure of the best emoji game in the Lemmyverse and very cool pronoun tags has caused me to return from a slumber in some filthy Pokéball, probably. I just can’t stop myself from shouting about Covid, too. Wear a mask, you lowlifes. Hello!
Grandparents I never met, every one raised by wolves, never seeing another human in their lives. I was raised by MOON ROCKS on the dark side of the MOON. I did not know the Earth or any other living being existed before this very moon-morning.  Independently, I invented language, the iPhone, WiFi, and 5G. I built my very own rocket ship and launched my very own satellite. Imagine my surprise when my iPhone connected to this network, the "internet", where I found this site hexbear.net¹ I exist outside of any context, and I now understand my true purpose, and the power that I wield. I can end the neoliberal world order with 5 words.   1: Which I also independently invented my own version of, where I wrote comments to myself to keep myself entertained and to practice language.
Hi Tseiran! 
I am a regular from way back, I have been around since some time, but I keep deleting my accounts whenever I think I need a break. I have autism and adhd, I am trans and genderfluid, I like animals, I speak a bunch of languages to the point of it being identifiable information. Somwhere from the accursed contintent of Europe
Hello, finally made an account after finding the will and motivation to get off my ass and uni's out for the summer so more free time! I'm in my early 20s and you can guess a few things about me due to my username (currently living in europe tho but trying to get tf out). I wanna learn more and talk to other comrades since most people I'm surrounded by are either libs or chuds. Just trynna get by while helping spread communism globally and merking imperealism so my children and all other future gens inherent a better world. I play some instruments, draw, do sports to name a few things and am interested in getting into pottery in the near future. Hope to interact more with the community!
It’s been a bit since I joined, and this is not my first post. But howdayy 🥴 My interests are cooking and plants! I also like yapping…. It’s nice to be able to find my community!!! Pic is a big bird I saw few weeks ago. I think it’s a crane (not sure)
Hi I'm radiofreeval but I didn't know how to delete all posts from an account without purging the whole account.
I had to do some digital hygiene. It was easier to scrub my profile than go through individual posts. Sorry for messing up posts.
Just so nobody's worried or anything but I'm cleaning out my account and logging off to reduce my digital footprint.
Hi everybody! I've been lurking all the way back since the Chapo subreddit and never made an account there or here. I don't know why not or what changed in my weird brain to make me decide to finally do it last night, but I did and then the site almost immediately went down lmao, so sorry about that.  (Btw, does anyone know how to clear the second set of pronouns on your profile? I don't know how to deselect it. Not that I don't consider myself a comrade, it just looks a little redundant having double thems there.)
Howdy, I'm Beetle_O_Rourke My radicalization journey started with reading the 2017 IPCC report, realizing nothing would be done, and then having my best friend send me a link to "Imperialism: The highest stage of capitalism". Since then I've began the process of slowly de-brainworming myself. I discovered /CTH like a week or two before the ban, and somehow stayed through the hourly struggle sessions of early ChaCha Ideologically I am a marxist of some sort, I don't have much interest in narrowing down which particular tradition best resonates with me. I am a huge soccer fan with about 2600 hours in the Football Manager series.
Anyways, whats your favorite Snoop song?
Hi, everyone. I'm a 20-year-old boy ("man" doesn't fit my vibe honestly) from the Netherlands. I'm autistic, AroAce, a little naive, a little innocent, and a bit all over the place. My mood can vary by a lot and I'll sometimes post about it when things get tough. Some may know me from the r/TheDeprogram Discord (*and its Weenie spinoff, teehee*) I have visited the site for over a year now, but now I've decided to create an account. Part of it is because I have questions about myself and personal feelings, and the neurodiverse comm seemed like a place where I could ask them. The people there seem kind and supportive. Politically, while I tend to favour Marxist-Leninists, I have barely read any theory (sorry) and don't want to box myself in with a label, so I tell myself that I'm a "non-specified Marxist". My interests are video games (usually more retro or relaxed, and not modern/mature AAA stuff), urbanism, space, tech, and I also gander at the anime comm usually, despite me not consuming the medium firsthand, with a few exceptions. One thing you'll notice about me is that I have a fixation with Mega Man, and specifically the Mega Man Star Force series. I started playing the first game a year ago, when I was in my first year of university, and became depressed and hopeless about my life. The main character, Geo Stelar (hence my username), felt like a reflection of myself in many cases and of who I want to be. The game's themes of space, technology and hope combined with the retro aesthetic made me very attached to it, and the music has made me cry on many occasions. I never felt so understood and spoken to in my life, and it comforted me when I felt so lonely. It made me believe in myself again, and now I feel like I'm truly changing as a person, in no small part thanks to this game. I could talk for hours about it, I might make some effortposts about all my feelings about it one day. That's all I have to say today. I hope you may enjoy my presence here. *"Pulse Out."*
I like grilling... my wife, and drinking a cold one with the boys..... peace...
I've lurked on here for a long time, all the way back to when r/chapotraphouse was still a thing in 2019. I have serious posting anxiety, since I suck at it anyways, so I have never done anything until now. I want to try get over that, so I figured I would start here, since a ton of you are cool people. I am neurodivergent, love cats (obviously), and am trying to figure my life out now after my crappy college experience. I have always loved the posts and people here, and many of them have made me laugh, so maybe I can get to know y'all more. Have a good one!
I call myself Diputs, I came across this site one day while searching for some extremely obscure information about Vladimir Lenin on google. After observing it for about 3 months I came to the conclusion that I might have found the best website on the planet, so I decided to finally make an account to participate. My main hobby is drawing, my main wish is to keep improving at it, but I am still unsure if I should pursue the goal of eventually being skilled enough to commodify it for the sake of income. In a general sense I am interested in all art forms, be they stories, paintings, music, architecture and so on. Ever since Marxism gave me a holistic framework for understanding the world around me this interest only grew, although now I feel like I am forever cursed to be overly analytic of things that others would find uninteresting. I have a particular soft spot for socialist and socialist-adjacent music, art from the Soviet Union, particular video games and Steins;Gate. My eternal wish would be to find a time-machine to transport me to the timeline where the USSR successfully united the whole planet.  I've got 2 questions, firstly, is there an unspoken agreement as to how frequently one can post in a given community? Secondly, are posters allowed to post their own drawings in the art community? If so, is there an unspoken agreement as to how skilled one must be to do so?
::: spoiler (generic buttrock playing) The year is (current year+200). Humanity has (changed in some ways, mostly negative). Giant corporations rule neo-(US-american city). Food has been completely replaced with cheap (thing the author disagrees with). Humans are losing touch with themselves by (inserting) (tech) into their (orifice). You are a (synonym for danger or shadows)-(locomotion). You do all the dirty work the (intellectually confused stand-in for capitalists) can't have their pretty names attached to. (currently overhyped technology) is running amok. You are a deniable asset. You are (material)-punk! ::: I am a recurring user and lost PW to my old acc. Currently trying to beat video games addiction. I speak Arabic, some Hebrew and English. I am trans femme.
Hey, I'm Gwen (they/them). My hobbies include music, game dev, TTRPGs, and reading. Currently learning to live with long covid. I'm hoping to post and join in on conversations, but I might get anxious and not do that.
Given the nature of this comm, it's not always going to be super active of course, but I thought I'd make a post for visibility just to let people know it exists.
Hey y'all, poster of yore here in a shiny new avatar (the old account wasn't anon enough imo). Started lurking here again after deciding to abandon reddit for good after the whole API thing (honestly wanted to de-reddit sooner, this was just a convenient excuse). Nothing remarkable about me, I'm a relatively well-off third-worlder currently exercising my privilege to shut myself off from the general dreadfulness of modern life, but feeling a need for community even if it's just one's and zero's on a screen.
In this video I'm going to play a new game called Hexbear. This one looks pretty spooky. Like, comment and subscribe for more content.
Anyone with good taste should be able to tell what thats from. Been lurking here for a while without a hexbear account, but finally decided it was time to be able to use the cool emojis. 
Don't mind me, I just drifted in harmlessly
Hi, I make games under this name. I saw you have a gamedev community, so I'll go over there and answer arcane questions. Things I made that I'm proud of include [this earthbound randomizer](https://pkscramble.com/) and this [physics-based roguelite](https://noisyowl.com/disksrogue/). I also made a game about trains in space, but the process of getting it ready for Steam caused me so much psychic damage that I started to hate it, so I'm not going to recommend that right now. I also like gardening. Also, a friend insisted that it'd be funny if I signed up for this website, but they didn't tell me why. So if you could let me know, that'd be great.
Despite being constantly disproven by like every book y'all will have to keep hearing from and about me forever because what if you only had strings and I only had beads... we'd have to work out a bead-to-string ratio in such a way that we could make friendship bracelets through some kinda market-based exchange... Anyway, yeah, I used to post a little, but then I stopped and now I'm back at it.
I am called Leah (She/They/It). Half woman, half clown, all cock and no balls. I was once user CumradeLeah but I forgot my password. I am a long time lurker because I have a lot of anxiety about participating in any community with more than 6 people and I fear making a fool of myself. I like beans, drawing, embroidery, sculpting, progressive rock, and tinkering with lots of things. Sometimes I try to make silly little movies but I never finish what I start. I have thought if making a long movie of haphazardly stitched together unfinished projects and calling it "The Bin". I have no real friends or life really. I feel terminally isolated from any sense of community or belonging and I don't really know who or what I am most of the time. I don't know how to end this so here is a lovely clip from an public access tv show from the 90s I have recently fallen in love with [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o5O_cK7JM0)
Hello all, After hearing so much shit about this community on the more "mainstream" lemmy servers I decided to take a look and after some lurking I was already convinced that this is probably the coolest place with the best people  I like computers, growing vegetables and flowers, hiking, my doggy and cat, anime and socialist revolutions  and a bunch of other stuff Hope I can get myself a bit integrated in this place, lockdowns really made my social anxieties go in to overdrive (I'm working on it). Also I live in France but I'm not like that I swear 
Okay, so, qrd on me: - trans girl she/her in like a 90% binary way but ehh a little personal genderfuckery as a treat - it's all complicated when brain is a fuck but would not be wrong to call me baby leftist, but even if my more detailed conception of shit gets lost in mind haze I feel like I see through a lot of shit in society. - honestly not sure how much I'll be active per se here but nice to have a presence and also place of evidently great support if needed. - interests are shifting all autistic hyperfixation style but current trends are being a spec evo nerd, lasting interests in Undertale/Deltarune, FNAF, Danganronpa, currently replaying Half-Life series because this shit is so good actually now that I'm not playing it as a repressing middle schooler. (now I'm the moderate but also very substantial upgrade of trans older teenager junior year in high school wow) - also tbh only heard of this place from a friend, his propaganda worked - lazily reusing my Reddit username with all the brainwormed history that comes with it I feel I've improved a lot from just how mentally fucked I was, say, a year ago.
Hello, Hexbear! My name is Gay_Alien_Posadist_Dolphin, Intergalactic Ambassador and Leader of Posadist Communism. I am here to spread the good word of Posadism and educate you all in the wonders of space communism. I look forward to answering your questions and engaging in open debate about the wonders of communism and the future of our species.
The source of my user name for those who haven't seen _Boogie Nights_: >[Those are](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p7pSkAWAhQ) [great names](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgYKYk4GryU)! I love movies, some TV, some anime/manga, and have come to love going to concerts thanks to my partner's deep love of them. Still, I'd prefer the dark theater to the concert, if I'm being totally honest. I'm a member of the academic precariat (AKA non-tenure track faculty), though a bit of a labor aristocrat among them, since I'm unionzed at least. I generally teach writing and composition, which I actually am fairly passionate about even though I didn't get my degree in rhetoric and composition. I've been doing what I can to get some institutional clout and maybe find myself in control of a writing program someday. I'm surprised how many writing instructors still focus on grammar/style rather than larger questions of rhetoric/argument.  So as to not doxx myself, I'll just say my academic work was english literature. While I'd love a position teaching that someday, I recognize the material conditions and so have been positioning myself to be part of the humanities "moneymaker" for the university, writing. I generally don't write on Marxism because, to be frank, a bunch of marxist academics basically suck (including the ones at my institution). I discovered Marx probably 20 years ago (give or take) when I was in college in a philosophy class. We read the hits (German Ideology, Capital's "How much does a coat cost") before moving on to other stuff. I had already worked several really shit jobs though, so it really resonated with my experiences with wage work. However, at the time, I was very much the kind of "socialism is good, communism bad" liberal. I think if it hadn't been for the 2008 crash I would have probably turned into some copywriter or other "creative adjacent" worker. However, with no jobs in 2008, I decided the best thing I could do is apply to grad school. So I did, and became more and more radicalized as I saw the way that academia has been hollowed out like every other institution touched by neoliberalism. I think a combination of a graduate union strike and then COVID led to my shift from "socialist friendly liberal" to full on communist. We must  "[end this nightmare.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8D6QuLdZfY)" I'm here for the comradeship and the eclectic mix of marxists/anarchists we have here . As a sophist, I love being drawn by our various left perspectives, including the esoteric  ones. I hope someday we all get together to [sing ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHmZ-CprZ3A)[Billy Bragg songs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHmZ-CprZ3A) after the revolution. Oh, I also have two dogs I love. Sorry cat comrades. Here they are:  
hey everyone, my name is Clover, some of my interests include but are not limited to: - cooking - touching computers - biology/genetic engineering - chemistry - mechanical things/machines of all kinds I'm in my early 20s and politically very much a communist, I had my edgier days back in my teens but I mellowed out and was quickly radicalized through second thought and hasanabi (people who make videos on youtube) and have since gone on to read books (unbelievable achievement) in order to understand more theory. I love making Chinese and Arab food the most, I also love baking sweets, cheesecake is the best kind of cake :3 genderly speaking, I am a trans woman, which is something I only accepted fairly recently (in the past two years) after suppressing those feelings for a very long time due to life circumstances ::: spoiler transphobia The British really fucked me when they exported their homophobia/transphobia to the middle east through colonization. The general imperialist destabilization and destruction in the region really doesn't make things better either, especially with how thoroughly the NATO/CIA backed religious fundamentalist anti-communists have succeeded in wiping out progressive movements in the region, I'll leave eventually, but stealth until then. :::  anyway I like making electronics and soldering, I even fully built and soldered and programmed a keyboard which is very comfy to type on it's one of those weird looking keyboard that are split in two pieces and don't have that many keys. I'm somewhere on the autism spectrum and don't like to go outside much, but when I do I sometimes like to go to quiet places that have nature and trees and walk around a bit and look at the birds or the leaves. I enjoy shitposting and doing the whole 'catgirl' type thing occasionally, I also like table top rpgs (mainly DnD but I've been playing with a few others like starfinder). oh I also like playing puzzle games and automation games, stuff like factorio, and roguelites are cool too (and yes I have also played Celeste as every trans girl does). I like urbanism and trains and stuff too but that's pretty standard around these parts from what I've seen. (finally, leftist unity through everyone agreeing trains are cool) I think I've rambled on enough, I am glad to have found this place through a friend's recommendation (shoutout [@HornyOnMain@hexbear.net](https://hexbear.net/u/HornyOnMain) ), I was somewhat aware of hexbear before but only really looked into it after she told me more about it.
hi im aen  idk how or why i made this account 8 months ago, because i only discovered lemmy after the third party app thing happened anyway my hobby is reading history and speculative fiction, also i lurk a lot because you all make me feel dumb (this is a compliment) that's it tbh, im pretty boring and i don't know what else to say... drop your favourite books in the comments
I created this account in about five seconds due to my prescient assumption Hexbear is a meaningless, forgettable website. It would be just *quark* with one R, but that name is taken. I, consequently, have a subtle piratey aesthetic. That is to say: I suck at coming up with a username. This one has to do with physics and not the dairy product. Physics and astronomy were my main interests growing up, and I was inspired by the scientists who furthered human knowledge and who saw the real laws underlying nature. I went to school for physics because I wanted to join that great cause, the noble pursuit of academia. I became disillusioned with it while contemplating grad school and instead took on work first as an engineer, later as a software developer. I did not want to spend my life competing to obtain limited academic positions, to win grant funds for my research, or to make a name for myself as a Great Scientist. Discovering Marx after college did two things for me. First, it scratched the same itch as physics, the desire to use science to see past everyday appearances in order to know how things actually work. Second, it broadened my outlook. Of course it changed my views on economics, that's given. But also Marx's humanism, his historical-materialist outlook on ourselves and our world, changed how I think about analytical things like science, but also how I regard expressive activities like arts and crafts, music, poetry, literature, etc. Leftists in general, including everyone on Hexbear, seem more in touch with their humanity, because of their rejection of an indifferent political worldview that denies history. So thanks, it's been good here, glad to meet each one of you.
Once upon a time I found r/CTH and I lurked there for months. It was during the democratic debates that someone said something that was so funny that it broke my vow of silence and made me want to post as well. I was originally won over when I found people from the sub deride someone for being racist by telling them to post hog. I wasn't used to having anyone but scolds go to bat for me and it resonated with me. When the sub closing down I remember there was a post that was all "thank you all for being such wonderful comrades" and the reply was to the effect of "don't mention it." And that's the kind of energy I strive to have forevermore. I was disappointed in the lag between the sub and this site, but I wasn't sad sad about it. But I heard somewhere, probably like a tangential subr*ddit that there was a new site coming up and I jumped at the chance to be a part of it. I've never been too good at being a part of the community. I missed a lot of the transphobia that people were talking about. I thought we were all down for the cause and being supportive. When we needed pronouns I put them on my profile real quick no questions asked. When TC69 asked us to read  I did it and engaged in conversation. I thought I was a power user until I saw the amount of comments some people make and it always humbles me. For as much as I like anything, there's someone who likes it more. That rocks. I suppose I'm a mod on our fitness com; I've all but abdicated my duties and it's a source of embarrassment for me. I want to make sure people avoid glorifying disordered eating (all calories are bastards) and that they don't think we can offer medical advice. We already have some of the best advice that the Internet has to offer in terms of general fitness - I've used it myself to lose 16kg previously. Outside of the posting I work in non-descriptly and non-identifiably in some type of human biological sciences. I used to work in the adrenachrome factory in which I saw horror stories of the American healthcare system. Moving away from there I now work in the CIA trying to catch posters for being too based to inject them with cringe lib takes and nanochips. I have two main interests that followed me from before I was a lefty: combat sports and fantasy novel writing. I have a brown belt in BJJ and I've competed successfully at that level. I also have a couple years of muay thai experience and have competed there as well (kind of because it was decided draw before we stepped in). I was invited to start coaching BJJ fundamentals after my latest promotion and it's a big source of inspiration for me because people dig my classes. It has accelerated my own learning because I realized how much I was doing wrong myself and some of the moves that had become defunct suddenly started working for me again. People who want to start or use other arts will sometimes come to me for my opinion and expertise in grappling. Being part of the academy is sometimes trying for me because it puts me in conversations with veterans and I have an ideological disposition that opposes me to them but I have a laid back disposition when it comes to normal conversation. There's always that tension of wanting to point fingers at them and call them an imperial pawn, but damn if that would be more cringe than it would be pragmatic. I have this dream of doing a free instructional series called "fighting for people who probably aren't going to practice" where I go over things that might save your skin in a protest. For example, you'd want to know how to escape from bottom of mount and how to fall properly. I'd want to explain why you're better off tripping someone with your poor form than you are punching someone with your poorly crafted punches. Along the same vein of my labors of love maybe hopefully contributing to the one just fight, my novels always have to have communists portrayed in them in a positive light. Sometimes I'm crafting fantasy worlds where I can have a country with communism being pitted against a capitalist society or a continent with two communes and a kingdom. I have a third of a first draft of a dystopian+hopium future where 100 years have passed since current day. The main character is a  who was raised by lefties somewhere in the western US. The MC is profoundly disinterested in politics and never really explores or desires a context for why there's an eastern US, a western US, a no-mans-land republic of Texas, and less than 20 entities that call themselves states. All the MC knows is that he hates the eastern US's corporations, the last hold out of capitalism as we know it, and aims to cyberbully them in the VRMMO that is essentially my retelling of Ready Player One That's all I have. If you want to learn anything from me it's that if you manage to find something that interests you in this life then you should run after it and cherish it. Say thank you for the days that it fills your life with colors and look fondly at memories of it on gray days.